Garden of India in York

As our whole family would say this is the place to visit! Wonderful food, the owners and staff are very attentive, caring and go above and beyond. You can sit in or grab a takeaway, the food is delicious. Great portion sizes and good value for money. Try it, you won’t be disappointed it’s a go to of ours each week 😊

Amazing. Made our birthday celebrations very special. Welcomed us like family

One of the best Indian takeaways and restaurants in York. 1st visit was amazing. No faults at all. All positives and staff were friendly. 2nd was a takeaway and again, spot on. Delivery time was a bit longer than normal, but it was worth the wait. One of the friendliest staff and service I've received in a very long time.

very good food and great delivery service

watery and tasteless. Hardly any meat in the chicken option and the vegetarian option equally as poor. The worst Indian I have had in a long time

Good Indian food at sensible prices. Not up there with the very, very best but definitely nothing to complain about. Staff helpful and polite, portions a decent size and tasty.

Our favourite Indian, can't get butter chicken anywhere else like it!

One of the best in York for Tandoori . Takes 5 mins to reach from town centre. You will then realise the walk was worth while. Warm welcome staff , great atmosphere. Fantastic food. Very reasonably priced, 5 star review.... Gets busy at weekend so remember to call , they are very accommodating & will try to place you.

Sauce was slightly bland compared to what I usually have in the restaurant when we eat in.

Absolutely delicious, will be back, thank you

Lovely staff and delicious food. This place is run by the nicest people in the world. They are very attentive. If you come multiple times they remember you. Brought my whole family there and one of the staff shook everyone's hand before we left. Not sure how, but he could tell my sister didn't like handshakes so he just gave her a wave instead. Food is gorgeous. Strongly recommend the chicken nargis. Everything is very reasonably priced Minor warning: nothing on the menu is very spicy, which is great for me. If you do want something more spicy you will have to ask. I had a friend who got an extremely spicy off-menu curry there.

I searched online to find an authentic Indian restaurant with real tandoori chicken and from the pictures most places in York looked like they were serving poor quality food that they trick tourists to buy. But finally I found the Garden of India. The food is truly excellent here!!!!!! Fantastic real authentic tandoori dishes at a very fair price. My wife and I sat down and had a wonderful meal with great Indian beer. The restaurant atmosphere is very nice and the service is so excellent. We talked to the owner and found that they are family owned and run and have been there since 1992 . We plan to go again tonight because we are craving their delicious dishes and the calm wonderful atmosphere.

The food was amazing cooked freshly ,we had the sheek Kebabs to start ,the hubby had the chicken shashlick ,I had a chicken tikka with the most delicious keema Naan .best curry ever ….the gents serving were so friendlly and next time we visit York we are revisiting here ….really recommend

Great takeaway. Service and food were excellent

Food exists, you will survive, but you will not enjoy it. Blandest Indian I’ve had. Barely any ambience. Generic menu.

Come here to eat in all the time first time using delivery food absolutely cold . Shocking binned

Brilliant little restaurant, attentive front of house, tasty food. Nothing to complain about. There were a few dishes that you don’t see that often. We particularly loved the king prawn pakora.

Ordered my usual, garlic chilli. Chicken. This time it was verry disappointing, was verey watery,

🌟10/10!!🌟 All the food tastes absolutely delicious and I love how they tried to keep the food warm with the burner which is so thoughtful. The plain nan has surprised me because it’s the first time I tried it with shredded coconut. Everything is at a reasonable price and environment is tidy! I really love this place. ദ്ദി´▽`) I will come again next time when I visit York again, for sure!

The menu advertised the Agni Karahi as chicken and lamb. There was zero lamb in this dish, despite the premium price

Very disappointed! I hadn’t been in several years and decided to get my partner and I a takeaway. Ordered a pasanda and a special malaya. Got it home in a few minutes and there was no texture or creaminess to the curry! It was very watery and bland. Really unhappy with it. Won’t be returning.

Ordered through Just Eat, Jalfrezi, ticked the box for hot, definitely the mildest curry ever. Stuffed naan bread absolutely worst ever. I don't normally leave reviews, but for the price of the meal, the worst ever, no taste and no spice.

Starter of chicken tikka was OK but the chicken madras was awful. Watery, bland and with tasteless chicken. Ruined dinner. Only thing adequate was the poppadoms and the mango chutney. I wouldn't order there again.

Tried emailing? No answer. Tried calling no answer. Turned up told they're busy (Half empty restaurant) I remember when we all turned up last year and made your night because no-one else was there. Shame. Enjoy oblivion.

Very disappointing. Clearly forgot our table order despite being the largest booking in what is a small restaurant. It was no small feat to walk past our table so many times and not clock there was no food on it. Then made it ten times worse by not bothering to apologise for forgetting us. Shame as previously a decent place.

Although my order was very late the proprietor brought my food to my house himself. This was really good. He had been let down by just eat drivers

food was delivered an hour later than originally quoted. food was very cold and unappetising. would not recommend will not be using again. in fact will be telling everyone not to order from here- ever. very poor - try somewhere else

Wow! What a little gem. Absolutely delicious meal with fabulous service thrown in. Plenty of chicken in the tikka and the balti sauce was lovely too, not to mention the fluffy naan bread with butter. Definitely recommend a meal here during a visit to York, especially if going to the Barbican

I love curry. It was tasty. Very good very nice 10/10 curry slaps me good!

Had a cracking experience with the dad. Great service, wonderful atmosphere and a gorgeous special Malaysia chicken with pilau. Overall, the curry slaps.

Great menu, food was super tasty the Pilau Veg rice is amazing 💪 friendly staff and good atmosphere.

food was excellent and very large portions, will definitely order again.

The food was fabulous & has been each time we have ordered, however tonight our order was not what we ordered. We received 2 instead of 3 poppodoms & a vegetable instead of Chicken Korma. I have contacted the restaurant online, Am hoping they acknowledge the mistakes made as no one can justify a loss of £10+ Am hoping for a good result.

Really good food. Friendly and attentive staff. A hidden gem.

Authentic music, attentive servers. One star gone for food because the lamb rogan josh sauce wasn't how it usually tastes and I've been to loads of Indian restaurants (admittedly in Ireland and England). The lamb was cooked beautifully though. The chicken ceylon and special Malaya chicken were very good for the very hot and very mild people of the party.

Hiccough with our order... we ordered Chicken Tikka Masalla, we received the vegetable option... my mum has demrntia & stated when she was eating her meal - "there was no chicken" we dismiAs she only manages half at a time, we

I’ve been to the Garden of India several times now. The food is always brilliant and is matched by the fantastic service.

Wow what can I say the best curry I've ever had and I've had a few

they changed the delivery time 3 times had to phone the restaurant and when it came it was cold.

Food is normally good but today it was cold

I am a well traveled person who loves Indian food. I have had many Indian meals in different restaurants all over the UK and abroad. The one place I look forward to eating at is, the Garden Of India. If you want good tasting food then the Garden of India is for you….

Brilliant midweek treat, all hot, zingy and fresh - absolutely top and no complaints

We were a little disappointed with this restaurant after reading it had quite good reviews. The restaurant itself is very attractive and decorated for Christmas, it has a good ambience. However, the lamb in the Jalfrezi was overcooked for our liking, the chicken in the Naga wasn't much better, and the rice was cold. Poppadoms were good and the coffee was lovely. They also, very kindly, gave us a delicious complimentary Baileys.

the food was excellent and delivered on time would definitely recommend it to anyone the best Indian in york

it didn't turn up - 2 hours late - cancel it and give me the money back

I've been going to the Garden of India for over 15 years but never posted a review before. Chatting to the owner tonight made me realise how hard things are for small businesses (he works so hard as do his team) so - just to say - try it. It's ace. If you live in York or at an event at the Barbican (it's next door), you won't regret it.

EXCELLENT FOOD - AND SERVICE It’s been a couple of years since we came to The Garden - the quality of food has been maintained by Ali in the kitchen - his front of house staff are second to none. Tasty, authentic and not to be missed if you live in York or just visiting. Almost spoilt by a knob on his mobile phone - why would you have a twenty minute conversation whilst in a restaurant? Clearly no mates or full of his self-importance (see you next Tuesday). We will return. 👍😉

Ordered the same 2 meals, but completely different to last week :(

I went along based on Google reviews. Wasn't busy, probably 3 tables. Food was great, tasty and served promptly. Issue was the waiter (I think manager) who was rushing around and seemed very impatient. The scrawl he wrote on the bill says it all. Shame as the other staff seemed fine.

Takeaway, just enjoyed a lovely Chicken Tikka Masala, Mushroom Pilau, fresh Roti and poppadom and pickles.... Beautiful creamy Masala and the roti is AMAZING, warm, soft freshly made 😋 and all for less than 20 quid

Our first visit here last night with my husband and what a delight. We only live down the road but haven't been before as we have a favourite curry house elsewhere that we have visited for 15 years or more, but we've been let down there recently and decided to try somewhere new. The staff here were really friendly, we could see that lots of the customers were regulars and treated like family (hugging the staff as they entered and chatting like old friends). The food and menu was quite typical of what you would expect and all of a high quality, hot, delicious and fresh. They had an alcohol free beer too, which I always appreciate as there are still some places that don't have them on the menu. The place itself is really cosy, nicely decorated and clean and also really lovely and warm. I sometimes find places to be cold lately, as heating costs are so high and places are trying to save money, but this place was genuinely really comfortable and warm. All of this at a really reasonable price too. We will be your newest regulars I think as we thoroughly enjoyed our first visit. Thank you.

Our first visit here last night with my husband and what a delight. We only live down the road but haven't been before as we have a favourite curry house elsewhere that we have visited for 15 years or more, but we've been let down there recently and decided to try somewhere new. The staff here were really friendly, we could see that lots of the customers were regulars and treated like family (hugging the staff as they entered and chatting like old friends). The food and menu was quite typical of what you would expect and all of a high quality, hot, delicious and fresh. They had an alcohol free beer too, which I always appreciate as there are still some places that don't have them on the menu. The place itself is really cosy, nicely decorated and clean and also really lovely and warm. I sometimes find places to be cold lately, as heating costs are so high and places are trying to save money, but this place was genuinely really comfortable and warm. All of this at a really reasonable price too. We will be your newest regulars I think as we thoroughly enjoyed our first visit. Thank you.

great food. best chicken pakora in York!

Beautiful. Best Indian in York.

Really nice food, good portion sizes, lovely staff

Amazing curry, lovely and talkative staff, and this beautifully quaint atmosphere that make me hate I don't live nearby. I feel like I'm in a high end expense restaurant but it's a well priced quaint little restaurant. Will definitely return next I'm in York.

The driver picked the order up 10 mins away and took 50 mins to deliver - cold food

Food was cold it was tasteless went in the bin worst Indian I've ever had

Pathetic food! I don't know why they've even opened an Indian restaurant, and how their ratings are above 4.5.

Very bland and little meat. Usually brilliant.

Omg the service was brilliant and the food was the best I've ever taste me and my partner had chicken and lamb shashlik and it's the best we've ever tasted 5 star 🌟

Chicken was very juicy, and the lamb melted in your mouth. Excellent Sunday night family meal! Will order again.

Went in and just ordered a korma for takeaway, £10 and it was bland as anything and got about 5 pieces of chicken. We’re young so I think they just wanted us out of the restaurant as fast as possible

Excellent as ever. A few minutes late but having seen what a nightmare traffic was I was expecting it to be much later

You'll enjoy the food and the staff are very nice

Saturday night 7 of us food and staff brilliant will recommend to friends 😀 👍

The chhole puri chaat was different from what I was expecting. Very tasty nonetheless. Would be back to try their vegetarian dishes. Chef's special Akhini curry served with saffron rice had a generous portion. Though the meat wasn't as tender as one might expect, overall it was yummy.

My family works here and the ones who don’t love the food. A lot of famous people come here and stay a while

We visited early evening prior to going to the Barbican. I ordered a beef dopiaza and shami kebabs for starter. My friend had a meat balti dish and chicken chaat as a starter. We also had popadoms and pickle tray. We were the only diners in the restaurant. To put it mildly my shami kebabs were very small, awful, dry and obviously warmed up from the previous day. My fellow diner said the chicken chaat was tasteless. My dopiaza was not up to what I am used to, high on onions very little meat content. My friend said his Balti was bland. To top it all a waiter leaned over me and started to wipe the table down while we were chatting and finishing our. Our bill came to over £70. They wouldn’t survive in my hometown of Bradford.

Take away -1st time ordering from here. Not disappointed, lovely food, still hot enough to eat straight away-a bonus as I don't have a microwave😊 Will definately order again.

We enjoyed the meal. Fine and tasty. Hot and spicy. Friendly staff and a good evening. We ordered three different dishes and they were all really good. Thank you.

I used to frequent this Indian restaurant in the late 90's. It was fabulous then and glad to see that it is still going strong. Well Done, staff were always great. Swift & Sure

Great food as ever and bang on time with delivery

Excellent food arrived bang on time. Ordering again soon

My dad used to take me here as a kid and it was so good. I've just moved back to York and thought I'd see if it was still good and the flavours and quality wasn't like i remembered. There was a lot of oil surrounding the curry and the flavours weren't very strong. It wasn't horrible, it just wasn't the best.

What a beautiful meal I really enjoyed it 🤤 Thank You 🙂 I will definitely be recommending your restaurant. Also it was Late because the . Delivery Driver said he couldn't find my address !!

The paneer in the saag paneer was sour, so presumably off. The passanda was bland although medium spice ordered. Bhajis tasted good, as did the rice. Quick delivery.

Truly the best curry we've had in a long time, very tasty and good portions. We asked for a timed delivery and it arrived when needed.

Great Indian food , lovely staff

My meal arrived crushed. Sauce all over the bag. No care given by the delivery driver at all. That being said the food was absolutely brilliant. Will definitely use again.

Best service & food. Won't go anywhere else.

I’ve eating here so many times and I never get bored, the food is delicious and I always get the flavour I’m expecting 😍Plus the staff is very nice with us all the time.

Lovely restaurant we found on the off chance when walking by. Food was amazing and we even got complimentary drinks and ice cream for the kids.

Its been a long while since I was in the Garden . Really, really tasty chicken tikka jalfrezi. After some disappointing curies elsewhere ( Ackbars in Leeds , Mumbai Lounge , York and various so so takeaways ) this reminded me why I like a good curry. I wont be away for so long next time.

我吃过最好吃的印度菜，没有之一 大部分的菜品都很好吃，特别是羊肉，但是我不推荐这里的虾

Food was cold, pakoras were soggy and there was no lime pickle in the pickle tray.

Tasteless food, bhaji tasted days old, on the whole, very poor quality for an overly expensive price!

Food was decent staff friendly and in a good location 👌

Ive be going here since 1996 (not every week though) original people still work there who are so lovely. The food is amazing - glad to see its always busy even early on - had to wait some time for the food so glad the poppadoms had time to go down - but the food is worth the wait

Very nice Indian food. Good service

Just thought I would try. First experience Terribly welcome! Waiter sounded very dismissive and very difficult to accommodated my request Sadly I walked out A loss of earnings for the venue for such poor service

Delicious food with quick service.

Great curry, friendly staff - as good today as it was 10 years ago. Thanks team!

Food was fantastic, good portion sizes too. Definitely my new favourite takeaway, we will be back!

Met up with friends Friday night whilst we were up for a big party on Saturday. The food was amazing. Staff are super friendly. Very good value for money. Will certainly revisit next time we're up in York.

Unfortunately on this occasion the order was wrong. We were missing a chicken balti and instead there was a second vegetable curry. First time this has happened with Garden of India and we are regular customers. Disappointing.

A local favourite - excellent food either eat in or take out.

Lovely dinner, all food was delicious. Butter chicken is excellent! Highly recommend!

Absolutely fantastic food, hospitality was impeccable, after the meal given a Baily's and chocolate . Would definitely go back again 😉❤️

Visited here recently, delicious food and friendly service, it only loses one star for the layout as not much privacy with the table layout etc but that won't stop us coming back again as everything else was spot on